Selection stages

1. Online application with motivation questions, maths and situational judgement test
2. Pre-recorded video interview
3. Computer-based capacity/aptitude tests (cut-e suite ; multitasking, workload)
4. Group exercise (Waterside or flight school for cadets)
5. Competency interview (BA pilot/training captain + HR, 45-60 min)
6. Simulator assessment (Direct Entry: A380 full-flight sim, paired)
7. Offer and pre-employment checks

Tests

• Cut-e (Aon) numerical, verbal, spatial reasoning and personality ()
• Game-based 'flight capacity' multitasking test (candidate-, name not BA-published)
• SHL/Sova in some years

Simulator check

A380 full-flight sim flown in pairs (PF and PM ~45 min each), raw data, manual thrust, minimal automatics, short route with a non-technical disruption; CRM weighted heavily

By rank

• Cadet: Speedbird Pilot Academy (funded): online application, video interview, flight-school stage (cut-e tests, group exercise, interview), then BA stage at Waterside with interview, group exercise and multitasking/capacity test; no sim. 2023-24 cycle.
• First officer: Direct Entry: application, video interview, capacity test, group exercise, competency interview, A380 sim (2023-2025 reports).

Interview questions

Motivation

1. Why do you want to be a pilot for British Airways?
2. Why do you want to become a pilot, and why through the Speedbird Pilot Academy in particular? (Cadet)

Personal and CV

1. Talk us through yourself and your CV. (First officer)
2. How do you think today's assessment went, and what would you change if you could do it again? (Cadet)

Competency and CRM

1. Describe a time you kept calm while things were going wrong around you. (Cadet)

Situational

1. As Pilot Monitoring, the captain is not meeting stabilised-approach criteria at 1,000 ft. What do you do? (First officer)

Technical

1. What happens with an engine failure after V1 on the A320? (First officer)

Company and industry

1. What is the make-up of BA's fleet and what aircraft are on order? (First officer)